Title :
Relationship between pulse rate and femoral muscle activities
Author :
Imamatsu, T. ; Yajima, Tamotsu ; Okawai, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Civil & Environ. Eng., Iwate Univ., Morioka, Japan
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between pulse rate and femoral muscle activities. 10 normal subjects were tasked a lump stress test by a bicycle ergometer. As a result, the change of the pulse rate and the muscle activity RMS (vastus medialis(VM) and vastus lateralis(VL)) were the same timings in a heavy load. The change of the pulse rate and muscle activity angular range (rectus femoris (RF) and biseps femoris (BF)) were the same timings in a light load. It seemed that pulse rate and muscle activity RMS (VM and VL) had a relationship to response to a heavy load, and pulse rate and angular range of muscle activity (RF and BF) had a relationship to response to a light load.
Keywords :
biomechanics; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; cardiology; muscle; stress analysis; BF; RF; VL; VM; bicycle ergometer; biseps femoris; femoral muscle activities; heavy load; light load; lump stress test; muscle activity RMS; muscle activity angular range; pulse rate; rectus femoris; vastus lateralis; vastus medialis; angular range of muscle activity; bicycle ergometer; muscle activity RMS; pulse rate; ramp load;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES), 2012 IEEE EMBS Conference on
Conference_Location :
Langkawi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1664-4
DOI :
10.1109/IECBES.2012.6498106
